Tennant, Moses S., born May 22, 1807, married, Aug. 14, 1839, Mary Jane, daughter of Walter Billings, of Monroe Co., N.Y.
They came to Camden in that year and lived on a 100 acre farm which he had purchased in 1837 [the Albert Hill and west part of the Gibbs farm].
He was a school teacher and taught school winters, part of the time in his own house, with his wife to assist him. His log house had a brick chimney, the first in the town.
Their children were:
William Selden, born Feb. 7, 1842, graduated from Oberlin College in 1863, lived at Flint and Saginaw, Michigan, became a Circuit Judge at Pontiac, and died there Feb. 13, 1897.
Celestia Minerva Tennant, only daughter of Moses, born July 20, 1845, graduated from Oberlin College in 1866, married in 1869, Attorney John A. Williamson, and died in Norwalk Nov. 5, 1880.
Tennant, Moses S., born May 22, 1807, married, Aug. 14, 1839, Mary Jane, daughter of Walter Billings, of Monroe Co., N.Y.
They came to Camden in that year and lived on a 100 acre farm which he had purchased in 1837 [the Albert Hill and west part of the Gibbs farm].
He was a school teacher and taught school winters, part of the time in his own house, with his wife to assist him. His log house had a brick chimney, the first in the town.
Their children were:
William Selden, born Feb. 7, 1842, graduated from Oberlin College in 1863, lived at Flint and Saginaw, Michigan, became a Circuit Judge at Pontiac, and died there Feb. 13, 1897.
Celestia Minerva Tennant, only daughter of Moses, born July 20, 1845, graduated from Oberlin College in 1866, married in 1869, Attorney John A. Williamson, and died in Norwalk Nov. 5, 1880.
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